Unknown || Drarry

Chapter 6

The store was quiet in the late hour.
Ron looked up from the magazine he was reading at the counter and grinned when he saw Draco, "Yeah?"

Draco nodded ruefully, "I could use a distraction."

Ron checked his watch, "Still got a half an hour till I lock up. I can get started on closing up if you watch the counter." He spun the magazine around so Draco could read it while he headed upstairs.

Draco flipped through the pages. It was a copy of Quidditch Pitch and had ten pages on all the different teams outlook in the coming season. He got weirdly engrossed reading an article about how to set up a fantasy quidditch league with your friends, he'd never heard of it before but liked the idea.

"That fantasy quidditch thing, huh? I was reading that too. Apparently, muggles make fantasy teams for all sorts of sports," Ron said, leaning over his shoulder.

Draco jumped in surprise and then glared at him.

Ron laughed, "Sorry! Ready to go?"

Draco nodded, following Ron outside into the cold.

"What did you think?" Ron asked, turning the key in the lock.

"About?"

"Fantasy Quidditch," Ron said, "Think you'd do something like that?"

"It sounds interesting," Draco said.

Ron nodded, "You in then? If I can get enough people interested, maybe I can set something up."

Draco shrugged one shoulder, "I suppose so."

"You could try being a little enthusiastic about it," Ron said.

Draco smiled faintly, "I'd rather not."

"Rude," Ron said.

Draco's smile grew, "Let's see you actually get it started first, then I'll think about it."

Ron laughed, and gave Draco a friendly thump on the arm, "I will, just you wait and see!"

Ron went into the pub first, heading to the table at the far wall and raising a hand in greeting as cheers met his arrival. He turned to hook an arm around Draco's neck, towing him forward, "I want you to meet-"

"Draco?" Potter said, looking surprised and pleased all at once.

Ginevra Weasley, sitting next to Potter on the narrow booth bench, sat forward, looking from Potter to Draco. "Wait! Is this him!? Is this the bloke you keep talking about!?" she laughed.

"shut up," Potter hissed.

"Wait, how do you know Draco?" Ron asked, letting Draco go.

"How do you?" Potter asked right back.

"I rented him the flat on the top floor of the shop. I ought to know him," Ron said, "You though-"

"I- I ran into him at that new coffee shop," Potter said.

"Literally," Draco said, prompting another wheeze of laugher from Ginevra.

"Of course, he did!" Ginevra said, falling against Potter, much to his annoyance.

Granger sighed and stood up, giving Ron a hug and holding out a hand to Draco, "I'm Hermione, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you as well," Draco said, his handshake loose and nervous.

"Ron's told me a little about you. Congratulations on the new job," Granger said.

"Thank you-"

Ginevra stood up and slapped her spot in the booth, "Here take my seat."